Interactive comment on “Organic matter dynamics and stable isotopes for tracing sources of suspended sediment” by Y. Schindler Wildhaber
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The reported study investigated spatio-temporal variations in the concentrations and stable isotope ratios of C and N in both suspended and infiltrated sediment and traced potential sources of sediment using sediment stable isotope and C/N ratios in the River Enziwigger watershed in Switzerland during a brown trout spawning season. Although similar approaches have been used in many other watersheds, the results on isotope tracers are unique because they were linked to hydrologic conditions to examine effects of rainfall and snowmelt on organic mater export from various sources. In addition, the mixing model tool (IsoSource) was very successfully used and the approach of showing potential source distribution rather than single values could attract a lot of attention among ‘isotope trackers’. I would therefore
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Interactive comment on “Organic matter dynamics and stable isotopes for tracing sources of suspended sediment” by Y. Schindler Wildhaber
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